English Exercises > countables - uncountables exercises

Downloadable worksheets: “NOUNS”- Countable or Uncountable? - HOW MUCH is used with singular uncountable nouns & HOW MANY is used with plural countable nouns - ((5 exercises & 70 sentences to complete)) - elementary/intermedi ate - ((B&W VERSION INCLUDED)) Level: elementary Age: 7-17 Downloads: 2267   Countable or Uncountable (1 of 2) Level: elementary Age: 10-17 Downloads: 1245   GRAMMAR POSTER / HANDOUT ON QUANTIFIERS PLUS WORKSHEET WITH 4 EXERCISES; 5 PAGES; B&W SHEETS AND KEY INCLUDED!! Level: elementary Age: 10-17 Downloads: 1151   Countable or Uncountable (2 of 2) Level: elementary Age: 10-17 Downloads: 1016   Countable or Uncountable? I (1/2) Level: intermediate Age: 10-17 Downloads: 809   Countable OR uncountable? Level: intermediate Age: 9-17 Downloads: 618

1. Read the chart and make sure you know the meaning of these words and their use:   A/AN SOME ANY MUCH MANY A LOT OF We use A/AN with countable singular nouns. "I'm eating a sandwich" "There's an apple on the table" We use SOME with countable plural and uncountable nouns in the AFFIRMATIVE. (Also in questions - when we offer something politely) "There are some apples" "There's some milk in the fridge" "Would you like some more tea?" We use SOME with countable plural and uncountable nouns in the NEGATIVE and INTERROGATIVE. "Is there any milk?" "There aren't any oranges" We use MUCH with uncountable nouns in the NEGATIVE. We use HOW MUCH for questions. "There isn't much milk" "How much money do you have?" We use MANY with countable plural nouns in the NEGATIVE. We use HOW MANY for questions. "There aren't many cars in this street" "How many cars are there?" We use A LOT OF with countable plural and uncountable nouns in the AFFIRMATIVE. "There's a lot of traffic today" "There are a lot of people in the concert." 1. Are these nouns countable or uncontable? Write C for countable and U for uncountable            apple     people    rice          sugar          money    traffic         chicken    chocolate   onion   2. Complete with A/AN, SOME or ANY:   1. What are you eating? I'm eating   cheese sandwich. 2. Would you like  more cheese? No, thanks! 3. Is there  sugar? 4. I'd like  more tea, please 5. We have got  apple,  cherries and  banana. We can make  fruitcake. 6. I havent' got  money, so I can't buy the CD. 7. There wasn't  chicken left when I arrived home yesterday. 8. Are there  potatoes? I'd like to prepare a Spanish omelette. 9. There isn't  rice in the cupboard. I'll go to the supermarket and get . 10. That's  delicious chocolate cake!   3. MUCH, MANY, A LOT OF:   1. How  chocolate do you need for the cake? 2. How  people were there at the meeting yesterday? 3. There's  food in the fridge. We needn't go to the supermarket. 4. There isn't  traffic at this time of the day, but in the rush hours there's  traffic in this city. 5. There were  people at the concert yesterday. 6. How  brothers has she got? Two, I think. 7. There aren't  oranges. We should buy some more. 8. There isn't  milk. We should get some more for tomorrow.   4. Choose the correct option:   1. In my city...  there is much traffic  there is a lot of traffic  there is many traffic 2. We should go to the supermarket because...  there aren't any vegetables for dinner  there isn't any vegetables for dinner  there aren't a lot of vegetables for dinner 3. Would you like...  any more tea?  a lot of more tea?  some more tea? 4. I think there are...  some bottles of milk in the fridge  a bottles of milk in the fridge  many bottles of milk in the fridge 5. Is there ...  some sandwich on the table?  a sandwich on the table?  much sandwich on the table?   5. Complete the sentences with the correct option:   1. How much sugar do you need for the cake?many sugar do you need for the cake?any sugar do you need for the cake? 2. There aren't many shops in this townmuch shops in this townsome shops in this town 3. There are much places to go in this townany places to go in this towna lot of places to go in this town 4. I'd like to make a cheese cake. I need a cheese and a milksome cheese and some milkmuch cheese and a lot of milk 5. In my classroom there is a lot of studentsthere are a lot of studentsthere are much students 6. Look! There's an apple in the apple treesome apple in the apple treeany apple in the apple tree 7. How much people did you invite to your birthday?many people did you invite to your birthday?any people did you invite to your birthday? 8. There are always much cars parked in this streetany cars parked in this streeta lot of cars parked in this street 9. I'm going to the market. I'll buy some fruitbuy much fruitbuy many fruit 10. I don't have many time for you todaya lot of time for you todaymuch time for you today